Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 161% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	192% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	53.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 14:53
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 1,118 100% 844 Pts	64-Core 3,112 193% 3,112 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 99%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.2 83% 102 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 77.7 71% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 197 Parallax 177 146% 185 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 244 236 233 220 192 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1874 Write 421 Mixed 587 SusWrite 246 170% 782 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 59.8 241% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,006 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 460 386% 582 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 22GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,288 Write 7,038 Mixed 5,888 1,365% 6,071 MB/s	4K Read 285 4K Write 252 4K Mixed 261 900% 266 MB/s	DQ Read 1,235 DQ Write 1,096 DQ Mixed 1160 871% 1,163 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 60GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 377 344 273 376 343 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 770 Mixed 644 SusWrite 369 154% 689 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.9 206% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 445 372% 541 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 155%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 23 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 159 Write 32.5 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 22.6 68% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.9 170% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 10,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 45.5 MC Write 68.1 MC Mixed 45.5 152% 53 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 10.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 154%

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Typical WS X299 SAGE Builds (Compare 261 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 132%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 166%

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Motherboard: Asus WS X299 SAGE

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	35x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	20x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	20x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 87%, 461 samples	8x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	7x
9905701-017.A00G 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 297 samples	7x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16